Friday, 3 May 2019

BAAT NATE agenda 04/05/2019, Whitworth Art gallery, Manchester

10am

Introductions and discussion on the past, present and future of education in the UK. How our own experiences have shaped our practice, and what we predict for the future of creativity within the education system.

Monday, 1 October 2018

Attunement, role reversal and doubling with dramatherapist and Psychodramatist Jeni Goodfellow-Pemsel.

1pm

Lunch

2pm

Visit to the gallery exhibitions

Breathe– exploring the relationship between art and mindfulness

Kate Haywood –Kate makes intriguing, surreal sculptures in finely modelled porcelain with colourful textiles, glass and metallic elements. Frequently inspired by found objects from long ago and far away. Haywood’s works are designed to engage our imagination and senses.

Thursday, 14 June 2018

BAAT NATE Agenda16/06/18

10am

Introductions and discussion about tools and recourses we add to our Art therapy tool kit.

10.45am

Tradition Tales tool workshop delivered by Carol Arnold.

“There is a large amount of literature on the history and interpretation of traditional and fairy tales, which reveals a prevailing interest in them. Some of the literature indicates that these tales could be useful in therapy. The distance provided by discussing a story instead of directly addressing anxieties, as well as an inherent sense of justice present in the stories, appeared to help clients express themselves. In particular, the language of metaphor and symbolism in traditional and fairy tales seems similar to that of Art Therapy.

Little research into the specific use of traditional and fairy tales in Art Therapy appeared to exist, so I designed an exploratory study using a small sample of children, which was conducted over 4 weeks. The study indicated that the participants were able to engage quickly with the traditional tale and use it to express their feelings about their difficulties in unique and individual ways.

I have since used the 4 week traditional tales tool in therapy sessions both with adults and children and would like to share it with you all.

"Fairy stories loosen the chains of the imagination. They give you things to think with - images to think with - and the sense that all things are possible" (Pullman, 2014)”

Carol Arnold

12.45pm

Lunch

1.45pm

Visit to the gallery exhibitions

Speech acts: Reflection-Imagionation-Repertition:

Through the work of more than 40 artists, Speech Acts: Reflection-Imagination- Repetition considers how public museums reflect and shape our collective imagination, and examines how exhibitions can affect these shared narratives. This exhibition shows how artworks can nurture new stories if they are shown in ways beyond the limited frames of biography and identity.

Annie Swynnerton: Painting light and hope

The first retrospective for nearly a century of the Manchester born painter Annie Swynnerton, a pioneering professional artist who challenged convention in art and life.

Neha Choksi, Faith in friction. ‘In her
new work Choksi tests her belief that to learn to be oneself, one always needs
others.’

11.15am

Tea and coffee break

11.30am

Reflective and creative writing workshop.
Published author and creative writing teacher Mickela Sonola will deliver a
writing workshop exploring the themes of fact and fiction, and the space
in-between. Springboarding from the themes of the exhibitions we will explore
creative non fiction such as memoir, personal essay, autobiography and other
forms of artistic self expression. Using a variety of prompts to inspire
creative and reflective writing processes. We will explore fictional devices to
reveal our truths… and we can use this form of writing to reveal what we are
thinking, feeling… this can be a powerful tool for self reflection.(People
will be asked to share what they have written, yet you can choose not to if you
would rather not)

‘There is no such thing as autobiography,
only art and lies.’ Jeanette
Winterson

Welcome to NATE, North Art Therapy in Education. We're a specialist interest group (SIG) affiliated to BAAT.

WHAT WE DO

Northern Art Therapists in Education (NATE) meet three Saturdays a year in Manchester. We act as a support network for Art Therapists working with children and young people in education. We also provide continual professional development (CPD) and regularly invite outside speakers to give specialist talks.

NATE Co-ordinator

Melissa King

Hi I'm Melissa and I'm the new co-ordinator for BAAT-NATE. I'd like to thank Nigel Durkan for running the group over the last 2-years and I look forward to running new courses for 2016.

melissaking14@icloud.com

The British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT)is the professional organisation for art therapists in the United Kingdom and has its own Code of Ethics of Professional Practice. Comprising of 20 regional groups, a European and an international section, it maintains a comprehensive directory of qualified art therapists and works to promote art therapy in the UK